Our outstanding cuisine is prepared with great care by our chefs to guarantee sumptuous dining. Our menus change seasonally highlighting the delicacies of Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. In addition to personally handpicking the freshest ingredients at Hunts Point and the New Fulton Fish Market, we also manage our own import company to guarantee only the highest quality products reach our shores from Italy and many other parts of the world.

ChefMichaelCompetiello

Michael Competiello arrived in America from Italy in 1970 and was welcomed into the original Villa Russo’s on Leffert’s Blvd by Frank Russo Sr., where he worked alongside Joe Russo, who helped create the culinary artist Michael is today. He continued to work for 13 years at Villa Russo’s until he went and opened his own restaurant in Forest Hills in 1983. That restaurant closed its doors 30 years later wherein Michael retired. He quickly came out of retirement in 2014 to join Frank Russo Jr. here at Giardino’s. Michael provides his culinary skill of preparing our innovative recipes that are sure to entice taste buds, offering hearty portions just like home. You can feel confident our recipes are prepared using only the finest quality of ingredients!